KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2023
“We don’t even cry anymore”. Torture, ill-treatment and impunity in Kazakhstan in connection with...
This joint report by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR), and Kazakhstan’s...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
Turkmenistan: Human rights groups highlight key issues for EU dialogue
This week the EU will hold its annual human rights-focused dialogue with Turkmenistan’s government in Ashgabat. The meeting comes at a time when the...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kazakhstan: 15-year-old boy sentenced for allegedly murdering his mother after ill-treatment in detention and...
“There is no evidence either in the case file nor in the court hearing that points to the fact that A.A. is guilty” (A.A.’s...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2022
Tajikistan: Politically motivated trials of human rights defenders and journalists behind closed doors
The trials of several human rights defenders and journalists, who have been charged with various criminal offenses in apparent retaliation for their criticism of...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2022
Fаcing the facts or avoiding the truth? Trial of police accused of torture –...
In August 2022, the first case involving law enforcement officers charged with using torture against individuals detained during and after the January 2022 events...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Kazakhstan: Lack of accountability for ‘’Bloody January’’ events & persecution of critics undermine pledged...
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from June to August 2022. It has...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Tajikistan: Escalating tensions & crackdown on human rights defenders & journalists
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from July 2021 to July...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2022
Civil society groups call on Kazakhstan to establish a fully independent investigation into the...
Six months after the deaths of over 240 people and hundreds were allegedly subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, there has been no accountability...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2022
Uzbekistan: NGOs concerned about reports of excessive use of force, torture, ill-treatment and killings...
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), International Partnership for Human Rights and World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) are concerned about credible reports...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2022
Uzbekistan: Medical examination adds weight to allegations that Alexander Trofimov was tortured in detention...
Brussels, 29 June 2022
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) take note of some progress...